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Grant Gross

I'm a veteran journalist with more than 25 years of experience, including 20 years of writing about technology and public policy. My stories have appeared at PCWorld.com, Computerworld.com, NYTimes.com, WashingtonPost.com, ABCNews.go.com, and in CIO magazine. I'm currently a senior writer at CIO.com.

Until May 2017, I worked as senior editor at IDG News Service, the internal wire service at IDG, publishers of PCWorld, MacWorld, Computerworld, and many other fine tech websites. I served as the Washington, D.C., correspondent there for nearly 13 years.

I've covered net neutrality fights in the U.S. Congress and the Federal Communications Commission, revelations of mass surveillance programs at the National Security Agency, and huge online protests over a controversial online copyright enforcement bill, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). I've written extensively about government efforts to improve cybersecurity and about law enforcement agencies pushing smartphone makers and software vendors to build encryption workarounds into their products.

Clips at www.grantgross.com.

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  • SaaS sprawl keeps growing with no end in sight
    18 Jun—CIO Magazine
    Employees at many organizations are adding new apps every month, even when more tools can lead to dependency hell and security risks. Even as CIOs try to limit SaaS sprawl, the problem appears to be getting worse, as employees keep adding new apps instead of removing them, according to a new study. While SaaS sprawl is a well-known and long-standing problem, more than six in 10 IT leaders say their organizations are adding new SaaS tools every month, according to a new report from intelligent...
  • Company boards push CEOs to replace IT workers with AI
    5 Jun—CIO Magazine
    The huge numbers of IT layoffs in 2024 and early 2025 are likely to continue as companies look to drive efficiencies with AI while bracing for a recession. A huge wave of IT layoffs — with more than 238,000 jobs lost in 2024 and another 76,000 so far in 2025 — isn’t likely to die down soon, as organizations brace for a potential recession and look for huge workforce cuts through the use of AI. While many AI evangelists have played down the potential for the technology to replace human...
  • Nearly half of SAP ECC customers may stick with legacy ERP beyond 2027
    4 Jun—CIO Magazine
    As the end of support for ECC nears, many customers continue to avoid moving to S/4HANA because of the cost and complexity of migration. Credit: Kittyfly / Shutterstock Attendees of SAP’s Sapphire conference in Florida in mid-May heard a lot about the vendor’s umbrella Business Suite and its Joule AI agents, but the German software giant made little mention of customer uptake of its flagship ERP, S/4HANA. SAP executives were mum on the company’s progress to convince customers to move from its...
  • What ROI? AI misfires spur CEOs to rethink adoption
    29 May—CIO Magazine
    FOMO still drives AI investments, but with only 25% of projects meeting expectations, chief executives may be shifting from ‘fail fast’ to a slower, more intentional approach. Nearly three years after the release of ChatGPT kicked off a new revolution, consistent AI ROI remains elusive. Just 25% of AI initiatives in recent years have lived up to ROI expectations, according to CEOs surveyed by the IBM Institute for Business Value. Meanwhile, organizations have achieved enterprise-wide rollouts...
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